NIAS Annual Banquet and Program

Illinois’ Wild and Wonderful Early Bloomers

ONLINE REGISTRATION OPEN NOW (See Below)

Note: We will be mailing our registration brochures early in March, in addition to offering a link for online registration.

April 9, 2024 – Program Date (Times TBD)

Reservations Due by March 29

Cindy Crosby, an author, compiler, or contributor to more than 20 books will be sharing stories and photographs of the beauty in nature that our hearts are seeking throughout the late winter and early spring.   There’s nothing like a blast of beautiful wildflower color after a long winter! Hear stories about our earliest spring wildflowers, their folklore and their uses throughout history by Native Americans and early settlers.  Be inspired to add some of Illinois’ wildflowers to your own garden.

Cindy is a Master Gardener that teaches in the Master Gardener Program and coordinates volunteers on the fourth oldest restored prairie in North America.  She trains dragonfly monitors and coordinates dragonfly monitoring programs at two sites in Illinois.   Cindy serves on the Friends of Nachusa Grasslands Science Grants committee that works to support the tallgrass prairie. Her books include: Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History, Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit and Tallgrass Prairie: An Introduction.  

We are sorry registrations for the NIAS Annual Banquet are now closed.